girls:
863 births since 1887
#4853 (15th percentile)
boys:
3k births since 1900
#2311 (50th percentile)
overall:
3.8k births since 1887
#4449 (43rd percentile)
The name Ozzie is the #4,449 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,817 recorded births since 1887. This represents the 42.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,311 (49.6% percentile) for all time with 2,954 births since 1900. For girls, it ranks #4,853 (15.1% percentile) for all time with 863 births since 1887.
Ozzie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1887 (1887 for girls and 1900 for boys). Birth data for Ozzie is available in 124 out of the 137 years between 1887 and 2023 (119 years for boys and 68 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ozzie has been given predominantly to boys, with 77.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 71.8% of babies named Ozzie were boys. Interestingly, until around 1914, the name was more popular for girls (61.9% girls from 1887 to 1913), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (79.0% boys from 1914 to 2023).
For boys, Ozzie reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 14.3% percentile (ranked #781) with 74 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 74 births per million (ranked 14.3% percentile). Despite a peak around 2011, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Ozzie is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #781 (14.3% percentile) with 74 births per million.
For girls, Ozzie reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 6.1% percentile (ranked #900) with 35 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 35 births per million (ranked 6.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ozzie ranks #899 for girls (5.1% percentile) with 30 births per million, which is 86.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ozzie".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ozzie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.8% confident that Ozzie is pronounced as AH-zee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-ZEE, at 11.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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